Some Information from AT&T Education - 21st Century Literacies http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/21stcent/

Choosing the Right Resource

Dictionary

What resource do I use if I want to…

define a word?

Atlas

What resource do I use if I want to…

find a map?

Phone Book

What resource do I use if I want to…

find the phone number of the local

movie theater?

Encyclopedia

What resource do I use if I want to…

find basic information about my topic?

Book of Quotations

What resource do I use if I want to…

find a quote?

Biography

What resource do I use if I want to…

find information about a person's life and work ?

Index

What resource do I use if I want to…

find the contents of magazines, journals,

newspapers, etc.

Almanac

What resource do I use if I want to…

find information about trends in the weather for the coming year?

Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature

What resource do I use if I want to…

find a magazine article about my research topic?

Bibliography

What resource do I use if I want to…

find list of reference materials, usually about the same topic or by the same author, used in research ?

Copyright

What is…

the document that grants exclusive right to publish

and sell literary or musical or artistic work ?

Card Catalogue

What resource do I use if I want to…

find a listing of all the books in a library ?

Newspaper

What resource do I use if I want to…

find an article about something that just

happened?

Periodical

What resource do I use if I want to…

Find an article that appeared in a magazine?

Thesaurus

What resource do I use if I want to…

find a synonym for a word?

Nonfiction

What kind of book do I read if I want to read…

works portraying events which actually occurred and/or characters who

actually existed ?

Journal

What type of periodical is…

dedicated to a particular subject ?